Jurgen Klopp has revealed Mohamed Salah's slow to the start to the season was due to the Liverpool forward still suffering from a shoulder injury.

Off the back of his impressive 44-goal haul last term, the Egyptian could only find the back of the net three times in his first 11 appearances this season.

Since then, Salah has gone on to score 11 in 14 games.

Klopp has now confessed that Salah was still struggling from the injury he suffered in the Champions League final.

Sergio Ramos' rough challenge dislocated the 26-year-old's shoulder in Kiev, Ukraine, forcing him off the pitch.

Salah returned for the World Cup with Egypt but it now seems that came too soon.

Mohamed Salah is brought to the ground by Sergio Ramos (Image: X00550)

"At the start of the season, part of Mo's body was not perfect," Klopp revealed prior to Liverpool's clash against Newcastle. "If you work in an office, if your shoulder is not 100 per cent and it is not your writing hand, then you're okay.

"But if you're a footballer, you have to wait until it's 100 per cent. But we knew he was still a world-class player but we had to wait a little bit.

"It's all good."

Salah has also taken up a new position this season, playing in a centre forward role.